Fish lure



B. S. HURDLE Jan. 2, 1940.

FISH LURE Filed May 17, 1937 Patented Jan. 2, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to fish lures especially adapted for trolling andhas for the primary object the provision of an efcient, durable andinexpensive device of this character wherein the major portion thereofwill be flexible and when taken or struck by a fish will catch deep inthe throat of a. sh to assure against the fish getting loose or oi ofthe hook and will have the advantages of' a feathered lure with longerlife. With these and other objects in View, this invention consists incertain novel features of con- I struction, combination and arrangementof parts to bel hereinafter more fully described and claimed.l For acomplete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation illustrating a fish lure constructed in accordance withmy invention. f Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view illustratin thesame.

Figure 3 is an end view illustrating the device. Referring in detail tothe drawing, the numeral I indicates a body of a selected weight havingsecured to one end an eye 2 to which may be fastened a sh line. Theother end of the body is reduced to form a cylindricaVextension 3 onwhich is secured an eye 4 and attached to the latter is a chain orflexible element 5 of a selected length carrying at its free end a shhook 6.

Mounted on the extension 3 is a tube 1 in which is coniined the eye 4and flexible element 6. A portion of the tube 1 is cut or severed toform a plurality of closely related strips 8 covering the nsh hook 8.The tube 1 is exibly constructed of rubber or any other materialsuitable for the purpose. The strips i being made from the tube 1 areflexible and will provide a concealment for the hook through which thehook may extend when taken or struck by a fish. The iiexible elements 8normally flare towards their free ends, as shown in Figure 1, so that 5when the device is drawn through the water iish will be attractedthereto by the strips 8 acting as bait. Wrappings 9 are employed forreleasably securing the tube on the extension 3 of the body so thatafter use of the device over a l0 period of time and the mutilationthereof by iish biting the same it can be readily removed and anothertube adapted on the extension. While the body I forms a connectionbetween the line and the iiexible element 5 it also will act as a l5Weight or sinker to cause the lure to travel at a selected desireddistance below the surface of the water when trolling. During the use ofthe device the tube 'l will readily flex or give and the hook 6permitted to follow the movement so thereof by the exible element 5.

What is claimed is:

A fish lure comprising in combination a body of a selected weightadapted to be connected to a fishing line, a flexuous element secured toone 25 end of said body, a hook connected to the free end of saidflexuous element, and a durable tube mounted on said end of said bodyand having elasticity and flexibility and enclosing the flexuous elementand having a portion thereof severed 30 to provide a plurality ofclosely related strips each free at one end and positioned about saidhook to substantially conceal said hook and act4 as a lure for a sh andwhich may become easily disarranged to expose the hook to permitpenetration of the latter by a sh when taken in the mouth of the fish.

BONARD S. HURDLE.

